THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951.
MARSHALL Crossing 38th Parallel
TRUMAN SUPPORTS President Endorses Statement On Decision Depends Entirely On Military Developments
Washington, Mar. 29.
President Truman, at his Press conference today, endorsed the statement made last Tuesday by the Defence Secretary, General George C. Marshall, that any general United Nations advance over the 38th Parallel would be a political matter.
The President repeatedly refused to make any other comment on this except to say that he was referring his questioners to General Mar- shall's statement in its entirety,
General Marshall said, "The controlling factor
in the instructions to General MacArthur is that
he should safeguard the security of his command. Egyptian
Any general advance is a matter for political con- sideration."
A correspondent pressed the President to say whether there had been any change in the United States • Government's support for the United Nations resolution to unify and liberate all of Korea.
President Truman replied -that, of course; there had been but he added no such change
should emphatically that this
as an implication not be taken that United Nations forces might now go all the way to the Yalu River..
- and
to us that the important quès- tion to be decided through close consultation with our principal
lies in the field is a question: which General Marshall's state- mént léaves unanswered, and
Approach
To Britain
The
London, Mar. 29. Egyptian Charge
to which we draw attention: d'Affaires in London, Mr Albert for the pressed Namely, In what force--and Mansour, how far may General Mac-speedy return to Cairo of the CROSS the Parallel if British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Arthur
when he paid a military considerations favour Stevenson, such crossing?
first call on the new Foreign Secretary, Mr Herbert Morri-
today, according to son,
diplo- usually well-informed matic, source.
a
"Here, it seems to us, a flexi- ble rather than arbitrary policy should be followed, for the Korean war has clearly become
Mr Mansour was understood a war of manoeuvre, and it is
message from Maginot Line-type of thinking to have conveyed to Mr Morri- which would halt (that type of json a personal liberated
the Egyptian Foreign Minister, El Din Bey, expressing Salah hope for a speedy resolution of the negotiations for revision of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. These were broken off last
President Truman said the United States still aimed for a free, united
tactical Korea regardless of questions involved regarding a -crossing of the 38th Parallel.
warfare) at the 38th Parallel.
"The present type of war can- not be fought successfully that way. The Chinese Communists опе privileged already have sanctuary in Manchuria, from which they launched their at- tacks. It would be an unfair hardship to the United Nations give them another troops to such 'sanctuary' so close to the
combat." present area of United Fress.
President Truman said the under United Nations forces
January: may cross General MacArthur the Parallel for practical rea-
under standing instruc sons tions to the General which re-
main unchanged.
This did not imply, however, go that Allied troops would all the way to the Yalu River,. on the Manchurian border. The
decision how far they would New Defence
go depended upon military de- velopments which neither he nor any general in the field' could foresee, Reuter and United Fress
PLAN CHANGED?.
Pattern Visualised
Washington, Mar. 29..
of inter- pattern American defence, similar to
A new
New York, Mar, 29. Authoritative sources here said today it was possible that the American proposal for a public declaration of objectives by the 14 nations engaged in the the North Atlantic Treaty or-. Korean war might be dropped. ganisation, may emerge
Representatives of the United the American Foreign Ministers'
Conference here. Nations members having troops
ment.:
from
The United States has been
He was replying to a British to the -- Egyptian message Government delivered in Cairo Saturday by the British last
E. Mr
Chapman Minister, Andrews, explaining the rea- Am- son for the delay in the bassador's return.
The Foreign Office spokes- man said that Mr Chapman Sir: Andrews confirmed that
Ralph would be returning to Cairo shortly. He is expected
Princess Margaret wore a full-skirted ankle-length cocktail coat`in royal blue velvet, with a tiny rolled collar and bonnet-style hat to match, when she visited a fashion show organised by the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers at Warwick House, St. James's. — Central Press Photo.
Red Rebels Issue
Unity'
Manifesto
Rome, Mar. 29.
Leaders of the anti-Cominform revolt in the
to take with him a clarification 2,000,000-member Italian Communist Party today
of the latest British standpoint
in the treaty negotiations, issued
the first formal manifesto for their
making possible a resumption workers' "unity and independence" movement.
of the negotiations.
NEW
Reuter.
Drafted mainly by the rebel seven of his party friends when Communist - deputies Aldo his resignation was refused by Cucchi and Valdo Magnana, the the Arezzo Communist Federa--
to the tion.. manifesto added little
In
the local. Gela, Sicily, opinions they havé already ex-
Party secretary, in pressed
pamphlets and Communist
have Piazza, was reported to speeches.
and asked for mem- bership in the Christian De- mocrat Party-Reuter,
workers
It reiterated that Italy must-resigned be defended against any aggres- sor and that Italian revolution" independently of should achieve their own "social
any foreign power bloc.
As- Signors Cucchi and Magnani issued their manifesto, more defections from the Com
Palace Official In Trouble
ROCKET TESTS
Alamogordo, Mar, 29. The United States Air Force in Korea have been discussing joined by Brazil, Colombia, El shot a 1000-pound test rocket for some time a draft statement Salvador, Paraguay and Uruguay 61 miles into the air above the prepared by the State Depart-in a resolution calling on the New Mexico desert yesterday.
The rocket, the first fired in other American Republics to The State Department is still direct their national military the new tests, marked the be-
Marrakesh, Mar. 29.
handed awaiting comments on the pro-policies. so that each will con- ginning of experiments aimed
atmos-munist and its allied Socialist
French police here posed declaration from the centrate on the role to which it at finding out more about the
the overall upper reaches of the
parties were reported
over to the local Court of Jus- Governments involved.--Reuter. is best fitted in
phere. pattern of collective defence,
Officials said that the test, if Tuscany and Sicily.
ptice today a Moroccan adminis In a new
the Arezzo region, onetrative official of the Sultan's may open successful, In adopted, the resolution
man, Ballocci, was expelled Marrakesh Palace--accused of would see the end of the cur-phase of aeronautical and wea-
from the New York, Mar. 29.
(Nenni) Socialista "smash and grab" raid on a They could also ther control. A New York Times editorial rent practice
building its army, navy and air provide information to improve Party for. "political indignity" jeweller's shop.
The man was arrested when captioned "What Next In
an eye to
its own the guidance of pilotless planes and another, Valdarkini, from
Communist Party for trying to sell the jewels,
the and long-range missiles-giving the Korea?" commented on the re-
The against "Titoism, and betrayal.”
buyer recognised better defence cent Marshall-MacArthur state- national defence only.
The Argentine delegate, how-la
Valdarkini, a former mayor jewels, according to the police. ments. The editorial said:
"So far as the immediate ever, has thus far opposed the bacteriological and atomic war-
of Cortona, was expelled with Reuter. future is concerned, it seems proposal.-Reuter.
WHAT NEXT?
NANCY
force with
Bubble Illusion
WHY
HEY, NANCY-
HAVE YOU GOT. TWO GOLDFISH BOWLS?
nation of each
fare.-Reuter.
ONLY ONE
OH, THAT'S
BOWL
B
from
By Ernie Bushmiller
BUT I MUST HAVE DROPPED MÝ BUBBLE GUM
IN THERE
When there's bif I needn't use my fist!
bif
INSECT
WITH 5%
SURE KIL
SOLEATING-NAN KANG CO.
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